Re: S VIDEO VIEWING THROUGH MY TV

I looked up the ati xpress 200 and it appears to me (i could be wrong at this time of night) that this is an on-board gpu. There may be a hotkey combination to switch display modes have you looked in the manual?

in any event the specs say:

Dual independent displays: CRT/LCD, TV/LCD
Integrated TV encoder with an on-chip DAC (simultaneous output for TV and CRT is not supported)

so you know tv output can be done.

can you specify the mobo you have.

cheers,
James

"Someuser" <someuser@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:xAInh.439002$X52.248560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| if it was me i would try breaking the problem down into parts. first off forget the tuner because until you can display to your TV, wasting time on the tuner is pointless.
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| gettinbg an image on the tv should be the first priority. dual monitor use should come later once you have determined the the equipement functions properly.
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| next connect the TV to the s-video out on the graphics card. it will be located on the same slot as the vga connector. reboot.
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| do you get an image on both screens or just one.
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| power down. disconnect the monitor so that only the s-video is connected. boot up. do you have an image on the tv? if not connect the monitor. i would be surprised if this didnt work since every single ati card i have had has always outputed to s-video if no monitor is connected.
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| is your tv setup to display the signal from the s-video in or another connection?
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| are all the drivers up to date?
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| somewhere in ati catalyst there is an ioption to force tv detection or something of that nature.
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| good luck,
| james
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| "darren" <darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:AE964E23-C556-4542-9EF8-D7B3AC9CF64C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| well i ve done some research i only have on adapter do i need two.. in
|| display settings number 1 and 2 are using the same adapter an, ati radeon
|| express 200. so do i need another adapter if so any advice on ones to go for
|| thanks
||
|| "darren" wrote:
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|| > dam i think i have aged twenty years since buy my new pc with mce.. i know
|| > its potential and im trying to connect my tuner card to my home tv so i can
|| > accsess the medis centre from there and use my monitor to surf the web.
|| > everything is set up as previous post suggest, apart from the dam tv it wont
|| > reconize my pc or vice verser, is there any help out there please please its
|| > killing me ........ thanks
|| >
|| > "darren" wrote:
|| >
|| > > thank you cbb. no disrespect to jw but yes i found it a bit confusing. its
|| > > probably me being ill educated on this subjet. any way yes cbb thats more
|| > > like my language the way you explained it. i kind of understand how to set it
|| > > up my system is set up like this .. i have an rf cable from my cable tv box
|| > > to my pc. that gives me the signal i need to watch and record live tv on my
|| > > pc..... now i also have an s video cable from my graphics card on my pc to
|| > > the s video jack on my home tv. the home tv is set to recieve s video. but
|| > > when i go start,control panel,appearence and themes,display,settings....
|| > > number 1 is my monitor but number 2 is greyed out. now my instruction manual
|| > > says i need to press the advance button after, and it will bring up a
|| > > multiple monitors dialog box? i dont have that screen? also not sure what you
|| > > mean by clone. could you shed any light on this please, thanks.......
|| > >
|| > > "CBB" wrote:
|| > >
|| > > > Darren,
|| > > > I'm afraid the way JW replied was pretty confusing.
|| > > >
|| > > > Here's the deal, or at least the way I have my system set up.
|| > > >
|| > > > You need to do two things to view content from the Media Center and your
|| > > > computer on a TV.
|| > > >
|| > > > You need to configure the display for two displays, which it sounds like you
|| > > > know how to do.
|| > > >
|| > > > You need to set it to "CLONE" for the type of dual monitor. This will have
|| > > > the TV display the exact thing that's on your computer monitor.
|| > > >
|| > > > Secondly, you have to have an S-Video cable connected from the S-Video jack
|| > > > on your TV to the S-Video jack on the back of your graphics card on your
|| > > > computer.
|| > > >
|| > > > Those are the basics, but once you get it set up right, you'll be able to
|| > > > open Media Center using your remote and control it from there to play
|| > > > recorded TV, movies, etc. and have it displayed on your TV.
|| > > >
|| > > > Of course, as you know, you have to be sure to have the input source set to
|| > > > S-Video on your TV.
|| > > >
|| > > > "darren" wrote:
|| > > >
|| > > > > thanks very much jw.. i understand completely now the penny has dropped. so
|| > > > > jw is it possible to play a dvd in my pc dvd drive and watch it on my home
|| > > > > tv. im really sorry if im fustrating you but im new to all this and im
|| > > > > finding it hard to get the grasp of it.. thanks again
|| > > > >
|| > > > >
|| > > > > "JW" wrote:
|| > > > >
|| > > > > > NO you misundertood me you can INPUT video to your PC with either the
|| > > > > > antenna connection on your Tuner/capture card OR via theS-Video connection
|| > > > > > and its separate audio connection. You CANNOT send S-Video output from your
|| > > > > > tuner/capture card you must do that with your standard graphics output card
|| > > > > > which also connects to your PC monitor
|| > > > > > "darren" <darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|| > > > > > news:D35A0643-DFC4-4AC7-BB42-407EDEB59B7A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| > > > > > > thanks jw that explains it much better that the manuals. maybe its me
|| > > > > > > being
|| > > > > > > green and ill educated lol. joking aside yes my card has both rf
|| > > > > > > connection
|| > > > > > > and s video connection my understanding of this is the rf connection is to
|| > > > > > > receive the tv signal from my cale box? and the s video connection is to
|| > > > > > > stream videos from my pc to my home tv/ correct me if im wrong?. so my
|| > > > > > > question is can i send images ie dvd from my media centre to my tv. its
|| > > > > > > all
|| > > > > > > set up right i think but nothing is showing on my home tv. thanks jw for
|| > > > > > > taking the time to reply......
|| > > > > > >
|| > > > > > > "JW" wrote:
|| > > > > > >
|| > > > > > >> The S-video connection and its associated audio connedtio on your TV
|| > > > > > >> Tuner/Video capture card are for inputing into your PC from a STB instead
|| > > > > > >> of
|| > > > > > >> using poorer quality RF input to the antenna connection. If you want to
|| > > > > > >> export S-Video from your PC your graphics card would need to have an
|| > > > > > >> S-video
|| > > > > > >> output connetion.
|| > > > > > >> "darren" <darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|| > > > > > >> news:51B118E7-DFEE-450E-97B1-0D3111BFBFC6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| > > > > > >> >i am new to mce, i have set it up according to all the instructions but
|| > > > > > >> >im
|| > > > > > >> > not sure what is supposed to happen through my s video cable. i can
|| > > > > > >> > receive
|| > > > > > >> > live streaming to my pc, but i presume the s video cable should stream
|| > > > > > >> > my
|| > > > > > >> > pc
|| > > > > > >> > to my tv.? but nothing is happening i have checked my tv is set to s
|| > > > > > >> > video
|| > > > > > >> > input all i fine there. i read on this newsgroup that i can enable my
|| > > > > > >> > tv
|| > > > > > >> > through my display, settings. but there is nothing in there apart from
|| > > > > > >> > my
|| > > > > > >> > lcd
|| > > > > > >> > monitor number1. number 2 is greyed out. when i try to switch it it
|| > > > > > >> > also
|| > > > > > >> > acts
|| > > > > > >> > as my lcd monitor. thank you for taking the time to read this and i
|| > > > > > >> > would
|| > > > > > >> > be
|| > > > > > >> > very greatful if you can give me any help...thanks
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